Donald Trump and Melania, forced to change the helicopter in the UK due to a “minor technical problem”
President Donald Trump and the first lady Melania Trump were forced to change the helicopter while leaving an airport in London, the UK, due to a minor technical issue, the White House announced.
Trump and Melania, force to change the photo helicopter: Profimedia
The incident took place on Thursday, during their return from Chequers, the country residence of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, to Stansted Airport. The helicopter carrying the presidential couple encountered a “Minor hydraulic problem ”.
“From an excess of caution, the pilots chose to land Marine One on a local aerodrome“, Declared the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, for journalists, according to independently.
Trump and the first lady were then transferred safely to a spare helicopter, which completed the short trip to the airport. Subsequently, the presidential couple went smoothly in Air Force One for the return flight to the United States.
No injured persons were reported. Leavitt also stated that the technical problem caused only a brief delay in Marine One during the return to Stansted airport.
Donald Trump arrived in London on Wednesday for what British officials described as “the largest welcome ceremony offered to a foreign leader in recent era”The visit marks the second official state displacement of the US president in the United Kingdom and takes place in a delicate geopolitical context, but loaded with economic opportunities.
The US president had discussions with Keir Starmer before attending a business event and then appeared at a common press conference with the Prime Minister. During the event, the two signed a “agreement of technological prosperity”, By which the big American companies are committed to investing tens of billions of pounds in the British economy.
